Toy money-box



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J. H; BOWEN. TOY MONEY B0X.

No. 581,533. PatentedApr. 27, 1897.

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J. H. BOWEN. TOY MONEY BOX.

No. 581,533. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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PATENT FFICE.

JAMES H. BOVEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY IVI ON EY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,533, dated April27, 1897.

Application filed .Tuly 10,1896.

To all whom it r11/Ly concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES H. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Penn-Sylvania, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Toy Money-Boxes,which im provement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a toy money-box formed of figures, in one ofwhich is a slot for primarily receiving a coin or money which is adaptedto be placed in communication with a throat in the receptacle portion ofthe boX, the figures being adapted to be released, simulating the motionof an animal, more particularly a mule, striking the other figure, whichis more particularly that of a human being, who is apparentlyoverturned, and thus directs the coin into the receptacle, the novelfeatures being hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claimsfollowing the speciiication.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a toy money-box embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical sec* tion thereof.Fig. 3 represents a bottom plan view thereof, part of the same havingbeen removed. Fig. 4 represents a top view. Fig.

5 `represents a rear view of a portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the bed or base, a portion ofwhich forms the moneyreceptacle B.

C designates the figure of an animal, whose body is pivotally mounted onthe front legs D and has its hind legs E pivotally connected with saidbody, the lower end of one of said legs E being adapted to be engaged bythe nose Grof the spring-pressed dog G', which is mounted on the base Aand provided with the knob H, whereby said dog may be depressed and thehind legs released, it being noticed that the upper ends of the hindlegs are connected with the body of the figure by means of the link J,and the upper ends of the front legs are connected with said body by thespring K, so that when the hind legs are released the tendency of thespring K is to raise the rear of the body and throw up the hind legs, asif the animal was in the act of kicking.

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The front legs are connected with the vertical spindle or axis L, whichis mounted on the top of the bed A and the horizontal arms M on thelower portion of said bed, said spindle and arm having connected withthem the coiled spring N, whose tendency is to impart rotary motion tothe figure.

On the under side of the head P and the spindle L is the depending studQ, which projects through the segmental slot Q' in the top of the bed,it being noticed that one end of the spring N is connected with saidstud and the latter is adapted to engage with the sliding dog R, whichis guided in the frame S of the bed A, as most clearly shown in Figs. 2and 3, and has the spring T bearing against it for holding it in normalor operati-ve p osition.

Rising from the end'of the dog R opposite to the stud Q is the nose U,which is adapted to engage with the feet V of the figure which in thepresent case is of the form of a boy in the act of sitting in front ofthe animal, said figure being mounted on the ears X, which rise from thebed A, so that said iigure may swing rearwardly, as shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 4.

Y designates the seat which the ligure W occupies, the same having ahorizontally-arranged slot Z therein open at both ends for receiving acoin to be deposited in the receptacle B, and afterward discharging it,said receptacle being provided with a verticallyarranged throat A',which is adapted to have the slot Z placed in communication therewithwhen the figure W is in overturned position. In order to effect therearward or overturning motion of said figure W, there is secured to oneof the journals and the adjacent ear X the spring B', which also servesto cause the feet of the figure W to remain engaged with the nose U ofthe dog R.

On the upper side of the bed A, beneath the legs E of the iigureO, is ashoulder C', whose tendency is to limit the forward motion of said feetand prevent strain thereon.

The operation is as follows: A coin is placed in the slot Z and thebutton H is depressed, whereby the dog G' is lowered and the legs E ofthe figure Creleased from the nose Gr of said dog, when the body of thefigure rises and the legs are thrown up. Said figure is now con- IOOtrolled by the spring N,whereby rotary motion is imparted to the spindleL, and consequently to the figure C, which latter then approaches thegure W' as if in the act of striking the head thereof sidewise.Meanwhile the stud Q has reached the dog R and advanced the same. Thenose U of the dog is thereby withdrawn from the feet V of the figure W,and the latter under impulse of the spring B is thrown smartly rearward,simulating the result of a blow imparted to the figure WV by the legs ofthe figure C. The slot Z is now in communication with the throat A', andthe coin drops through the latter and is thus deposited in thereceptacle B, from whence it may afterward be recovered through the doorD in the wall of the bed A.

To reseat the device, the iigure C is turned backward to the full extentand its hind legs pressed forward, so as to be engaged with the nose Gof the dog G. The iigure Wis raised, when its feet will engage with thenose U of the dog R, and the parts are in position to repeat theoperation hereinbefore stated.

I'Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecu re by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a toy money-box, a base, a figure having pivoted front legsconnected with a head rotatable on said base, a dog secured to said baseand engaging the hind legs of said iigure, a spring connected to saidfrontlegs and body and a rod connecting said front and hind legs.

2. In a toy money-box, a base, a igure having pivoted front legsconnected with a head rotatable on saidba-se and pivoted hind legsconnected by a rod to said front legs, a dog connected with said baseengaging said hind legs, a spring connected with said front legs and thebody of the figure, a spring-controlled swinging figure on said base,and a springactuated rod engaged at one end by a stud on said head andat the other carrying a dog engaging said swinging figure.

3. In a toy money-box, a base, a head rotatably mounted thereon andprovided with a stud, a spring operating said head, a dog connected withsaid base,a figure having front legs connected with said head and hindlegs engaged by said dog, said front and hind legs being connected by arod and said front legs having a spring connection with the body of saidiigure, a swinging figure having a seat mounted on ,said base, and asliding rod guided in said base, having one end engaged by the stud onsaid head, and its other end provided with a dog engaging said swingingfigure.

4E. In a toy money-box, a rotary figure, an axis therefor, and astud onsaid axis, in combination with a swinging figure, a dog which is adaptedto engage with said iigure, and be engaged by a stud on the aXis of therotary ligure, substantially as described.

5. A toy money-box having a laterally rotary and a swin gin gigure,mounted on the bed thereof, one of said iigures having amoneyreceiving slot, in combination with means on the rotary iigure forreleasing the swinging figure, whereby the rotary figure simulates theact of striking the swinging figure sidewise, and the latter simulatesoverturning and has its slot placed in communication with themoney-receiving receptacle of the device.

JAMES H. BOVEN.

Titnessesz JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM.

